A Waterloo Region Record blog on the Kitchener Rangers

February 02, 2014

An unlikely hero

Maybe there has been a shootout wizard hiding inside Curtis Meighan all along.

After all, the veteran role player scored on his first ever OHL shootout attempt to lift the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Niagara IceDogs Saturday in St. Catharines.

And it was an important win as Plymouth rallied in the third period to beat Belleville 4-3. That means the Rangers keep pace with the Whalers for the last playoff spot in the west. The club is currentl five back of U.S. squad.

The win also moves Kitchener into 9th in the conference ahead of the Sarnia Sting who appear to be doing a Tank Nation for the first overall pick after dressing just 13 players in last night's loss.

To catch Plymouth, the Rangers are going to need to upset a few top dogs in the coming weeks as their schedule isn't kind.

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Maybe there has been a shootout wizard hiding inside Curtis Meighan all along.

After all, the veteran role player scored on his first ever OHL shootout attempt to lift the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Niagara IceDogs Saturday in St. Catharines.

And it was an important win as Plymouth rallied in the third period to beat Belleville 4-3. That means the Rangers keep pace with the Whalers for the last playoff spot in the west. The club is currentl five back of U.S. squad.

The win also moves Kitchener into 9th in the conference ahead of the Sarnia Sting who appear to be doing a Tank Nation for the first overall pick after dressing just 13 players in last night's loss.

To catch Plymouth, the Rangers are going to need to upset a few top dogs in the coming weeks as their schedule isn't kind.